Later, Cole appeared as adult Henry Bowers in Stephen King's 1990 two-part TV miniseries It. Department of Emergency Medicine. Since then, he has been sober for over two decades. died on Saturday in Los Angeles. Beginning in the 1980s, he had a busy film career. Clarence Williams III (born August 21, 1939) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as "Linc Hayes" on the iconic "hippie" cop show The Mod Squad (1968-1973). Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter, The Harlem-born actor also received a Tony nom and appeared on the big screen in 'Purple Rain,' 'Sugar Hill,' 'Half-Baked' and 'Tales From the Hood.'. [9] [10] He is buried in St Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York . Television brought Mr. Williams new opportunities too. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. Michael Cole on "No Way to Treat a Victim" | Photo: Getty Images. Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon . All of this is escapism, fantasy, he told TV Guide in 1970, early in the run of The Mod Squad. This is what the box is about., In the same interview, though, he recalled being happily mobbed by young Black fans at a basketball game and acknowledged, Its kind of nice for kids to see a reflection of themselves., Clarence Williams III, a Star of Mod Squad, Is Dead at 81, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/obituaries/clarence-williams-iii-dead.html. He is survived by his sister Sondra Pugh, daughter Jamey Phillips, niece Suyin Shaw, grandnephews Elliot Shaw and Ese Shaw, and grandniece Azaria Verdin. 85 likes, 5 comments - EPIC MA'AT (@epic_maat) on Instagram: "#Repost with @fastsave_photo_video credit: @kishlb Clarence Williams III, 'The Mod Squad' and 'P." EPIC MA'AT on Instagram: "#Repost with @fastsave_photo_video credit: @kishlb Clarence Williams III, 'The Mod Squad' and 'Purple Rain' star, dies at 81 His career in film, television . I never had confidence never, she told People magazine in 1988, as her comeback loomed. Clarence Williams III (August 21, 1939 June 4, 2021) was an American actor. Addiction is like a thief that sneaks up on an unsuspecting victim. Williams announced Foster's death in 2001. Williams added that he loved acting and wasnt interested in switching to directing the movies. [11] After appearing in an uncredited role in Lewis Milestones Pork Chop Hill (1959) and on Broadway in 1960s The Long Dream, Williams enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division. Id done all I could with the part. His addiction also almost cost him his life on two occasions. Williams died Friday in Los. He was born in 1939 and began his career on stage in 1957, earning a Tony nomination in 1965 before adding acclaimed appearances in TV and movies to his repertoire. After dating hot doctor Ben, "Mystery Woman" Samantha becomes curious about her family medical history so she sets out upstate to fictitious small town; Whiptail, California in search of her birth mother. He was 81. The couple separated in 1986 and divorced in 1990. Also in the cast were Nina Siemaszko as Cassie and Casey Sander as Chief Connors. He was 81 years old. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5303. mcolemd@med.umich.edu. Born Michael Charles Cole on July 3, 1940, in Madison, Wisconsin, into a working-class neighborhood, the actor was raised by a single mother, Kathleen Hyland, who also gave birth to his. Williams died Friday in Los. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser. #PeggyLipton pic.twitter.com/wrrtNQCUP2, Holly Robinson Peete said, "So glad I got a chance to tell her that her character on #ModSquad was an inspiration for Judy Hoffs on 21 Jump Street. He was 81. The actor chronicled his addiction and recovery in his memoir, and once stated that it took a lot of pain and tears to write it. He starred alongside Michael Cole and the late Peggy Lipton in the ABC detective show, appearing in more than 120 episodes over the next five years. He was married three times and divorced twice. Prince's estate paid tribute to him for his "gripping performance" as Prince's abusive dad in the singer's 1984 film. He is survived by his daughter, Jamey Phillips, and his sister, Sondra Pugh. His career in TV, theater, and film lasted for four decades, NBC News shared. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. Williams married the actress Gloria Foster in 1967. He was 81. ", The statement called for privacy for the family and continued: "We can't put all of our feelings into words right now but we will say: Peggy was, and will always be our beacon of light, both in this world and beyond. He also worked on shows such as The Eddie Capra Mysteries; Murder, She Wrote; Fantasy Island, and Diagnosis: Murder. See production, box office & company info, (Pete rescues a suicidal man here - stacks still standing), LADWP Valley Generating Station, 11819 Sheldon St., Sun Valley, California, USA. His last film was American Nightmares (2018), a horror comedy. Williams was born on Aug. 21, 1939, the son of professional musician Clay Williams. Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series The Mod Squad and Prince's father in Purple Rain, has died. She largely disappeared from the screen until she appeared in David Lynchs 1990-91 cult-hit series, Twin Peaks, about a teenage girls murder and the surprising number of dark secrets in her Pacific Northwest hometown. Williams was married to actress Gloria Foster (Oracle in the first two Matrix movies) from 1967-84. The young Mr. Williams appeared in three plays, including Slow Dance on the Killing Ground (1964), for which he received a Tony Award nomination and a Theater World Award. AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. In 1967, Mr. Williams married Gloria Foster, a stage actress who appeared twice on The Mod Squad and later played the Oracle in The Matrix. They divorced in 1984. The actor's management team confirmed that Williams . [5] His breakout theatrical role was in William Hanley's Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. He had small roles in the blaxploitation parody Im Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and in Norman Mailers Tough Guys Dont Dance (1987). Before Moore passed away at the age of 80, she had overcome her addiction. Linc was a very different role for an African-American and a wonderful lead character that a lot of youngsters, Black and white, and principally African-American youngsters could identify with, he told the Los Angeles Times in 1995. A representative for Williams. His big break came in 1968 when he was cast in The Mod Squad as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes, one of three former juvenile delinquents recruited as an undercover cop. It was either their life together or the bottle. Williams also displayed a flair for comedy, playing a former leader of the Peoples Revolutionary Army in Keenen Ivory Wayans blaxploitation parody Im Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and the maniacal drug lord Samson Simpson in the classic Half-Baked (1998), starring Dave Chappelle. [8] The two also acted in a 1964 film The Cool World. After the family moved to Los Angeles, in 1964, Peggy, then in her late teens, moved out. The tag line First they got busted, then they got badges referred to three attractive, streetwise flower children (One black, one white, one blonde, as another tag line explained) who, after some trouble with the law, joined the police force and worked undercover. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Michael Cole at The Hollywood Show held at The Westin Hotel LAX on January 24, 2015 | Photo: Getty Images. So many Hollywood stars like Dick Van Dyke, and Mary Tyler Moore, battled with a form of addiction. 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Out of the three, the latter passed away in 2019. Clarence Williams III, who starred as the brooding undercover cop Lincoln Hayes on the countercultural 1968-73 ABC drama The Mod Squad, has died. Ms. Lipton with Glenn Ford in 1971, when she won the Golden Globe for best actress in drama for her role as Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad.. Ms. Lipton received a diagnosis of colon cancer in 2004. Born in New York City,[2] Williams was the son of a professional musician, Clarence "Clay" Williams Jr.,[3] and grandson of jazz and blues composer/pianist Clarence Williams and his singer-actress wife, Eva Taylor. Prince's drummer Sheila E also paid tribute, saying he had done an "incredible job" in Purple Rain and had been "one of the cool actors" she had watched on TV as a child. He began his acting career on Broadway, where his grandfather had appeared as early as 1908. Lipton appeared in the1979 Mod Squad TV reunion andmade a cameo appearancein a 1999 movie version of "The Mod Squad" that starred Claire Danes (as Julie Barnes),Omar Epps and Giovanni Ribisi. While Cole might have started on the wrong track, he is now healthy and happy. According to his representatives, the actor died of bowel cancer in Los Angeles on 4 June. Spelling was on hand for Williams scene. He was 81. He is best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (1968-1973). An actor of uncommon intensity, Williams began his career on the stage and earned a Tony nomination in 1965 for best featured actor in a play for his work in the powerful three-person drama Slow Dance on the Killing Ground. Promotional studio portrait of Clarence Williams III, Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton for the television series, "The Mod Squad" in 1968. Cole has been married to Shelley Funes since 1996. She was an exquisite human being On all levels. He was married once, to actress Gloria Foster, from 1967 to 1984. Williams' management confirmed his. agent on Twin Peaks in 1990 and appeared in many films and television series after The Mod Squad ended. Decades later, he returned to Broadway to star opposite Maggie Smith in the original 1979 production of Tom Stoppards Night and Day. Her "Twin Peaks" co-star Kyle MacLachlan tweeted, "The RR diner is dark today.". The actor best known for his breakout role playing undercover police officer Linc Hayes on the 1960s TV series "The Mod Squad," alongside costars Peggy Lipton and Michael Cole passed away . He portrayed Linc Hayes, a hip undercover police officer who was teamed with Peggy Lipton and Michael Cole. She will always be a part of us.". The unfortunate news was shared by the actor's management to the publication Variety over the weekend, citing colon cancer as the cause behind his death. Martin starred opposite Williams. Clarence Williams III, who was considered a Black power icon in the 1960s and '70s, breathed his last on Friday, June 4. More than 20,000 Russians dead in Bakhmut, US says, Doja Cat and Lil Nas X arrive at the Met Gala, France May Day protests leave dozens of police injured, 'My wife and six children joined Kenya starvation cult', On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry. Williams, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes and Michael Cole as Pete Cochran portrayed young adults who had run-ins with the law Linc had been arrested during the Watts riots before becoming cops under the command of Capt. He appeared in all but the first of the eleven films alongside Kellie Martin (J.E. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Wherever Quincy and I went, there was an edge to peoples reactions.. They had no children. Williams' breakout television role was as undercover cop Linc Hayes on the popular ABC counterculture police television series The Mod Squad (1968), along with fellow relative unknowns Michael Cole and Peggy Lipton. He played the iconic role of Linc Hayes, a troubled teen who became an undercover cop. 734-936-3168. Clarence Williams III starred as Linc on the pioneering TV detective series "The Mod Squad" and played Prince's (1958-2016) father in the movie "Purple Rain." Mod Squad intro Watch on Died:. Clarence Williams III, star of The Mod Squad and known among Hallmark fans as a lead character in the Mystery Woman series, has died at the age of 81. She works primarily with the mediums of photography, video, tapestry, sculpture, watercolour and uses money in her works. Williams died Friday in Los Angeles of colon cancer, his repAllan Mindel toldThe Hollywood Reporter. They were most definitely the hippest and coolest undercover cops on television at the time, notes the website Groovy History. Williams died. Read about our approach to external linking. You may want to read Twitters cookie policy, external and privacy policy, external before accepting. Powered by. Williams died in Los Angeles on June 4, 2021, from colon cancer at the age of 81. He is best known for his role as Pete Cochran on the television crime drama The Mod Squad (19681973). VideoOn board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry, I didnt think make-up was made for black girls, Why there is serious money in kitchen fumes. Oh my God. Williams' management cited the cause of death as colon cancer. | Photo: Getty Images . He first appeared on Broadway in The Long Dream (1960). He also served as artist-in-residence at Brandeis University in 1966.[6]. He also said that he enjoyed the way the movies are presented in general: allowing viewers to slowly learn more clues and solve each mystery themselves, too. Hulton Archive/Getty. Williams made his breakthrough in the 1968 counterculture police crime series, . Complete information on her survivors was not immediately available. [4] Produced by Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas, The Mod Squad resonated with counterculture-era viewers and ran for five seasons, during which a total of 123 episodes were produced.[5]. Ms. Lipton contended that the vulnerability of her character required little acting on her part. Known for his prodigious afro and gap-toothed smile, Williams also worked regularly with famed director John Frankenheimer, first on Elmore Leonards 52 Pick-Up (1986) and then on The Generals Daughter (1999), Reindeer Games (2000) and two telefilms, the Attica-set Against the Wall in 1994 and George Wallace in 1997. Lipton's co-stars and others took to Twitter to remember the actress. In his memoir, "I Played the White Guy," he wrote, "Jennifer recalled that when she was younger I was either drinking, drunk or hungover.". Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said Sunday. Full name: Clarence Williams III Date of birth: August 21st, 1939 Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S Age: 81 years (As at the time of death) Father: Clarence "Clay" Williams Jr Zodiac sign: Leo Nationality: American Ethnicity: Black Profession: Actor Years active: 1960 - 2018 Hair colour: Black Eye colour: Black Weve lost a beautiful soul. "You need patience, because you're going for the distance.". Clarence Williams III, best known for portraying Linc on TV's The Mod Squad, has died at the age of 81, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Michael Cole (born July 3, 1940) is an American actor. 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Clarence Williams III, who starred as the brooding undercover cop Lincoln Hayes on the countercultural 1968-73 ABC drama The Mod Squad, has died. And so I said let me go back, refresh myself, learn some things, read, travel and just try to put some more arrows in my quiver., Williams did return for aMod Squad reunion telefilm in 1979. THE SADNESS IN HIS DAUGHTER'S EYES MADE NO DIFFERENCE. There is no denying that Cole had talent, and would have perhaps made it as an A-lister if he didn't love the bottle more. He also appeared in films such as Purple Rain, 52 Pick-Up, Tales from the Hood, Hoodlum, Half Baked, Life, American Gangster and Reindeer Games. He is a stage, film and television actor, who occasionally directs. But it was his role as Pete Cochran, a troubled youth turned crime fighter in The Mod Squad (19681973), that made Cole an international celebrity. Williams rose to fame in 1968 with his role on the cop show The Mod Squad, where he starred with Peggy Lipton and Michael Cole until the early 1970s. When he started his Hollywood career, the drinking continued, and the fast-life of the entertainment business only served to make the actor consume more. She shared her story consistently, hoping that it would help one person, just as Cole does, and hopefully, the good will outweigh the bad in the end. This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. (Omar Epps played Linc opposite Claire Danes and Giovanni Ribisi in an ill-advised 1999 feature version of the series.). In the Next Tribe interview, she mentioned one of the pleasures of being older. Very sorry to hear Peggy Lipton is gone. Then, each week, he said, wed tease it out a little bit more.. The Mod Squad tapped into the countercultural vibe of the era, incorporating timely issues like racism, anti-war protests and drug addiction into storylines as Linc, Julie and Pete infiltrated high schools, acting classes, prisons, hippie newspapers, gangs, movie sets, etc., to catch the bad guys. Writing on Twitter, the director said he was an "extraordinary" actor who had been "ahead of his time".
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